Daniel cbuice



(No Model.)

D. ORUIGE.

- HORSESHOE.

No. 340,982. Patented May 4, 1886.

INVHN TOR ATTGRNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL CRUIGE, OF NEV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO JAMES J. SLEVIN, OF

SAME PLACE.

HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,982, dated May 4-,1886.

Application filed July 2.7, 1885. Serial No. 172,814. (No model.) 7

To all whom it nuty concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL Games, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Horseshoe, of

5 which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of thisspecification, in which similarletters of reference indicate cor- ;oresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure Us a perspective View of my new and improved horseshoe. Fig. 2 isan enlarged sectional elevation of the same, showing both the heel andfrog support in place.

1 5 Figs. 3 and 4 show, respectively, separate plan views of the heeland frog support.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings,and then pointed out in the claims.

The horseshoe A is toe-weighted by the thickened portion a. The shoe isoffset at its upper surface, as shown at b'b, so the whole lower face ofthe shoe is on the same plane. The thin heel portion (1 of the shoe,formed by 2 5 offsetting it at I), gives a heel spring action to theshoe and relieves the horses foot of all pressure at the heel, which isadvantageous in many, if not all, cases where the foot is perfectlyformed and healthy.

The lower surface of the shoe has the series of depressions or pockets 0formed in it, that serve to lift a small quantity of earth or sand eachtime the horse lifts his foot in traveling, and which will be dislodgedat the time the 3 horse lowers his foot to the pavement, so that thesand or dirt so dislodged will tend to pre vent the horse from slipping.

In case the foot to which the shoe is to be applied is deformed andneeds supporting at 0 the heel, the shoe will be built up or thickenedupon the rear thin portion, (1, by means of a heel'piece or support, B,of leather, rubber, felt, wood, iron, or other suitable material,applied as shown in Fig. 2.

One or more of the heel-pieces B may be used, as desired, and, if foundnecessary, it or they may be fastened to the shoe by rivets (one ormore) passed through the holes e in the barf of the shoe, and throughcorresponding holes made in the heel-pieces.

In case the horses foot should be so formed as to require no support atthe heel, but require supporting at the frog, the heel-pieceB will bedispensed with and the frog-support 0 used, the same being applied uponthe bar 5 5 f, and held by rivets passed through the holes e andcorresponding holes,e,n1ade in the frog support; and in case both theheel and frog of the foot should require supporting, both supports B Gwill be used together, the same being applied to the shoe as shown inFig. 2.

In this manner the shoe is adapted both to well and variously-deformedhoofs or feet, and the shoe without the supports is in itself improved,and the supports B O, as mentioned, may be of leather, rubber, or felt,and they may be medicated, if desired, so that by them medicine may beconveniently and effectively applied to the foot for the cure of diseaseor for improving the shape of the foot. 7c

Having thusdesoribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A horseshoe formed with the thickened portion a at the toe and thinportion (1 at the 7 5 heel, the shoe being offset at its upper surface,substantially as described.

2. The shoe A, offset at b to form the thin portion (1 at the heel, incombination with heel and frog supports, (either or both,) substan- 8otially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The horseshoe A, offset at b to form the thin heel portion (1, andformed with the holes 6, for seen ring frog and heel supports,substantially as and for the purposes described.

DANIEL CRUIGE.

Witnesses:

H. A. YVEsr, EDGAR TATE.

